PinnedMichael GarfieldDon’t “Optimize” Your LifeYou cannot optimize your life. Not really. Stop before you hurt yourself.·6 min read·Sep 26, 2019--1--1
PinnedMichael GarfieldAn Oral History of The End of “Reality”My first work of fiction, handwritten in August-September 2017 after years of reading and talking about the past and future evolution of…·21 min read·Feb 17, 2020--3--3
PinnedMichael GarfieldThe Future Is NoisyThriving in the age of distractions is hearing the music inside the noise.13 min read·Jan 16, 2024----
PinnedMichael GarfieldImprovising Out of Algorithmic IsolationThese miraculous machines! Do we shape them Or do they shape us? Or reshape us from our decent, far designs?·12 min read·Mar 25, 2021----
Michael GarfieldThe Psychedelic Transhumanists: A Virtual Round Table Between Legends Living & DeadLegends of psychedelic philosophy join across time & dimension in a simulated discussion about the intersection of tech & consciousness!17 min read·Dec 11, 2023----
Michael GarfieldBest Seat in the House: You’re Virtually ThereMixed reality and biometrics will transform the experience of and marketplace for live entertainment.·7 min read·Apr 11, 2023----
Michael GarfieldExaptation of the GuitarOn Evolution, Improvisation, Music, and Art11 min read·Dec 14, 2022----
Michael GarfieldConversation with The Machine: MG meets GPT-3 (c/o Oscar Sharp)…in which I prompt prospective Future Fossils Podcast guest GPT-3 via my delightfully weird friend, visionary film-maker Oscar Sharp, who…9 min read·Sep 1, 2022----
Michael GarfieldIn Defense of Star Trek: Picard & DiscoveryMy response to disparaging comments made by several of my friends, including this one about how Starfleet and The Federation of Planets no…3 min read·Jun 5, 2022--3--3
Michael GarfieldThe Fullness of Emptiness: Riffing on Arvo PärtArvo Pärt’s minimalist soundscapes are a major feature of the Twentieth Century’s musical terrain; his is a particularly windblown and…·7 min read·Sep 13, 2021----